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- Sin: the scarlet letter that presents on Hester's chest stands for shame. Hester committed adultery with Dimmesdale and she had to live with the humiliation and guilt for the rest of her life. When Pearl was born, people were describing Pearl as Hester's karma.
- Women and femininity: Hester went through a lot of hardships such as abnormal behaviors of Pearl, or criticisms of the residents of the town. She had no hope of recovering her former social status, even if she wanted to. However, she managed to get through the hardships, as a woman in the men dominance society. Pearl also created strengths in Hester and made her believe in herself. Her well manners soon changed how the townspeople view her. From a scarlet letter that supposed to have a negative connotation, Hester made it her own idenity. People no longer no longer associate the letter A on her chest with adultery, instead, they view it as "able", which represents the her ability to accomplish anything.

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- Roles of Women: Women were farm hands, tending their vegetable gardens. They were responsible for taking care for their husbands and guiding their kids. There were high rates of birthrates and infant morality. Despite this, women were pushed to have many children despite the danger of it. The school attendant rates of girls were low, but most of them have basic education.
- Rights of Women: women were prohibited from voting in the General Court. Women also were unable to sell land or sue in a court of law. Like any other conservative society, women were viewed as inferior. Married women could not sue for divorce. This time of era was extremely segregated.

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Puritan Society

The Puritans were a religious minority group who believed that the Church of England needed to be purified of the influence of Catholicism. In 1630, a group of Puritans, disheartened by the inability to purify the Church, decided to migrate to the New World and found a new colony. The goal of the Puritan migrants was to create a city on a hill to stand as an example for the immoral English church. The Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in what is now modern Massachusetts.

Roles of Women

Women in Puritan society fulfilled a number of different roles. Women acted as farm hands, tending their vegetable gardens; as wives, responsible for caring for their husbands; and as mothers, producing and guiding the next generation of Puritan children. In addition, although their legal rights were limited, some Puritan women were able to become the breadwinners of their families through the sale of goods they produced or animals they raised.

The most important role for a Puritan woman was that of the mother. Although the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were overall very healthy, infant mortality rates in the time period were still high by modern standards, and childbirth was a dangerous affair for women. In Puritan New England, any woman having over five children faced a one in eight chance of dying in childbirth. Nevertheless, the high rates of infant mortality, the lack of available birth control, and the drive of the Puritans to create a perfect model society kept Puritan women having children regularly despite the dangers.

In addition to their roles as mothers, wives, and workers, Puritan women could also be educated artists. Any Puritan town of a significant size had to establish a school. Although the rates of girls attending school were lower than the rates for Puritan boys, many Puritan girls and women did gain a basic education. Some Puritan women, like poet Anne Bradstreet, produced beautiful poems and other works relating their experiences in the colony.

Rights of Women

There were some limitations on the rights of women in Puritan society. Women were not allowed to vote in the General Court, the legislative body that governed the early colony, and they tended to have limited options for interacting with the government in their local communities. Women were also restricted from buying and selling land or suing in a court of law.

The Puritans, like many societies in this time period, believed that women were culturally inferior to men. Married women were expected to follow the edicts of their husbands and were unable to interact with local government on their own. In addition, married women were unable to sue for divorce.

Widows were the exception to the legal limits on women in Puritan society. While unmarried girls were supposed to follow their fathers and married women follow their husbands, widows had no male figure to guide them. Puritan widows could sue or be sued in a court of law, could own land, and could discipline any children or servants in their households.

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The Puritans were a religious minority group who believed that the Church of England needed to be purified of the influence of Catholicism. In 1630, a group of Puritans, disheartened by the inability to purify the Church, decided to migrate to the New World and found a new colony.

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- The Meteor: symbolizes for the message from God. When Dimmesdale and Hester meet each other and hold Pearl's hands, a meteor streaks across the sky. The meteor was shaped like a letter 'A', the minister therefore thinks God was trying to expose his secret to the world. The minister tries to inform the townspeople about his sin and how he's not as good as people think; however, the people keep praising him and interpret "A" as 'angel', which frustrates the minister.
- The Red Mark: Similar to Hester, Dimmesdale also has a symbol on his chest too, in blood. Since both Hester and Dimmesdale had committed adultery, the symbols on their chest have the same connotation, which is sin. Since the minister refuses to confess, his mark stays more permanent than Hester's. Therefore, the red mark could also stand for coward and dishonesty.

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https://www.biography.com/people/nathaniel-hawthorne-9331923 - Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography

https://study.com/academy/lesson/symbols-symbolism-in-the-scarlet-letter-examples-analysis.html - Symbols & Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter: Examples & Analysis

https://www.shmoop.com/scarlet-letter/meteor-symbol.html - The Meteor Symbolism

https://www.shmoop.com/scarlet-letter/red-mark-on-dimmesdale-chest-symbol.html - The Red Mark Symbolism

https://study.com/academy/lesson/women-in-puritan-society-roles-rights.html#transcriptHeader- Women in Puritan Society

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- Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts
- Birth year:  1804.
- Father of short stories such as "My Kinsman, Major Molineux", "Roger Malvin's Burial", etc.
- His most successful "children" is "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables".
- He was born as the only child.
- His leg injury was the reason why he started writing.
- Fun fact: Franklin Pierce was Nathaniel Hawthorne's college friend.
- He passed away in his sleep on May 19, 1864.